| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of North Thompson River above Clearwater, NE of Kamloops, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°34'59"N, 119°43'04"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Vavenby (Post Office and Station) identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Vavenby (Post Office) confirmed 21 November 1962 for map 82M/12. Form of name changed to Vavenby (community) 15 March 1983 on 82M/12. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"Daubney Pridgeon, rancher, suggested the post office name Navenby, after his birthplace in Lincolnshire. He wrote the N like a V so postal authorities gave the name Vavenby. Vavenby Post Office was established 1 June 1910, Archibald McCorvie postmaster. The CNR station was located 2 1/2 miles east, due to a quarrel between McCorvie and CNR engineer Chamberlain over price of land." Source: Provincial Archives' Place Names File (the "Harvey File") compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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Called "Peavine Flat" in the early days, before the name Vavenby was established. (Muriel Dunford, North River: The Story of British Columbia's North Thompson Valley & Yellowhead Highway 5; Sonotek Publishing, Merritt, BC.) Source: included with note |